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270,000 Civil Service Workers To Strike For 2 Days

I bet 90% of them do nothing all day anyway
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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    Productivity UP!
  • markharding557
    markharding557 Posts: 3,116 Forumite
    Brainless union!they are damaging the party they pay for right before an election:rotfl:
  • Poolie
    Poolie Posts: 1,882 Forumite
    Just think how much money has been save by 270,000 striking civil servants. If they did this a few days a month to make it count for a week we would be out of the black hole a bit quicker
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    I can never understand the legality if strikes.

    Yes a strike can be legal, but wont it always break the person's employment contract? My question is, why dont people teminate on that?
  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    I can never understand the legality if strikes.

    Yes a strike can be legal, but wont it always break the person's employment contract? My question is, why dont people teminate on that?

    You have to jump through hoops to have a legal strike. Once you have done so it is called a protected strike & you can't be sacked or discriminated against.

    If its an illegal or "wildcat" strike then you can be sacked.

    Thats the law & its also what the law should do - balance individual rights & responsibilities.
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  • cosyc
    cosyc Posts: 345 Forumite
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    doire wrote: »
    I bet 90% of them do nothing all day anyway


    Shame on you.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    abaxas wrote: »
    I can never understand the legality if strikes.

    Yes a strike can be legal, but wont it always break the person's employment contract? My question is, why dont people teminate on that?

    The problem in these situations is you would have to basically sack the majority of your workforce.

    Might get your own back on your staff, but would leave the company in dire straits unable to function.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    The problem in these situations is you would have to basically sack the majority of your workforce.

    Might get your own back on your staff, but would leave the company in dire straits unable to function.

    But very useful in times when you want to get rid of staff. Get rid of those who dont want to work.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    You have to jump through hoops to have a legal strike. Once you have done so it is called a protected strike & you can't be sacked or discriminated against.

    If its an illegal or "wildcat" strike then you can be sacked.

    Thats the law & its also what the law should do - balance individual rights & responsibilities.

    So the law governing strikes negates the employment contract?

    That a crock of **** country we live in.
  • Mexas
    Mexas Posts: 152 Forumite
    doire wrote: »
    I bet 90% of them do nothing all day anyway

    Made me laugh anyway. :T
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